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How to display a different image for each day of the week using php

Description

This PHP script will get the day of the week from the server date and then display an image (jpg or gif) to match.
The code

<?php

/**

 * Change the name of the image folder

 *

 * Images must be named Monday.gif, Tuesday.gif etc

 */
// Change to the location of the folder containing the images

$image_folder = "images/days";

// You do not need to edit below this line
$today = date('l');

if (file_exists($image_folder."/".$today.".gif")) {

  echo "<img src=\"$image_folder/".$today.".gif\">";

}

else {

  echo "No image was found for $today";

}

?>